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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
TIE QUALITY OF CROTON W1TER
NEED OF A RIGID EXAMINATIoN-THE PUBLIC SENSE
DULLED IN REGARD TO 1T.

NEED OF RIGID ExAMINATIoN-THE PUBLIC SENSE
DULLED IN REGARD TO 1T.
To the Ed ter Of The Tri6une
SIR: Not long ago. In commenting upon the mes
sage of Mayor Hewitt you referred briefly to his &c
ma TX that "purer air and water" were things TO be
desired and expressed the opinion that the quantity of
Croton water would complaint if the quality
were satisfactory Having had some experience in the
examination of waters, nnd having recently published
the results of an extended investigation upon Croton
water I may be permitted to offer few words upon
this subject.
While IL is possible that the above opinion is held by
the public, and in few cases perhaps by men OF
science who familiar with water and its contamina
tons tie clinical questions do not think that 1T is
generally held by the latter class suggest therefore
in view of Importance to a city OF over million
inhabitants that the Board of Health make an eXami-
nation of this subject in the light OF recent knowledge
sspecialy it relates TO the chemistry of drinking
water / think the following statements will bear
examination:
l. The average quality OF Croton water, az measured
nv the proportion of putrescibe organic attcr which
ii ronfans is much below that OF Brooklyn water and
below the standard OF purity In this respect which has
been set by authorities upon water analysis the world
over.
2 The quality OF Croton water during the months of
July and August aud during the first halt OF September
is often su IN render II unfit Tor drinking. The
case in regard to the Bronx supply during the summer
OF $50 at least. might he stat,d much more strong y
g. The liberation OF this impure drinking water by
the public is due largely TO the fact that the primary
need OF sufficient water Tor other uses, which is CON
tnuay felt in the present state OF the Cotton system
tends to dull the perception in regard to the quality OF
the water. which is regarded as minor question.
Croon water. at times in the summer. would create
disgust if offered n be, erage in remote country
districts, where air and water are expected to be
equally pure but il is accepted here one of the
necessary evils of city life 1t is needless TO that
the often quoted abomnatiou OF polluted drinking
water at SIMMER resorts cannot be urged in reply to
this statement. Such merely illustrate further
the arrangement which man and his habtaions bring
into the benefceut md salutary provisions OF nature
Ia it not time to begin the study OF the Crpton water
energy that is now given to the improvement in its
quantity Standards OF purity and bcathfun's ~ In
all of our food and surroundings become more exact
ing with every advance in knowledge; in passively
accepting Croton water in its present general condi
ton we are falling below the requirements which s6ni
tary science is pressing in every other direction.
a. a. BRFNFMAN.
NJ a VAT No
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28

The first OF the Kinder Snonie enter ainment
be given the Columbia freshmen fund will take
psce 20 morrow evening" The appointed for May
Ia the Nassau apartments The hrs rehearsal
will be devoted to slnfOnie Homer ~ Bartlett
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
MARRIED..

they Cnrc Where Other Remedies
relieve thousands VINO have thoroughly
ested BensOns Pasters. Always set the genuine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
THE STEAMER SALERNo DISABLED AT SEA.

THE STEAMER S4LERNO DiSA BLED AT SEA.
The Dutch steamer z. Caland Captain Bonner, that
sailed from Rotterdam on March H. arrived
at the bar yesterday. On March 90. while
in latitude 4lo Op. longitude $50 49, she
fell In with the steamer saierno, OF
Hull Captain Rogers. that sailed from Copenhagen
on February 20 and Gottenburg March s. bound for
New-YOrE The Salerno under sail with her engine
disabled. and signalled TO be taken In tow, but the
stormy weather ed this The
storm continued throughout the night, but the Caand
managed to keep the salerno In sight until midnight
when a heavy snow squal arose aid the salerno lost
sight OF her. Captain Boner supposes that AS the sal
did show any blue lights or rockets wnen inc
soua came on she had shaped her for Halifax
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28

Asthmatic Troubles and Soreness OF the Lungs or
Throat are usually overcome by DIR. Jaynes Expecto
rant, a sure curative for all Coughs ::
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
The WEATHER REPORT.

GOVERNMENT INDICATION5-FOR "a HOURS
WASHINGTON March 27.-Tor New England New York,
Pennsylvania. New-Jersey, Delaware and Maryland
rain snow becoming colder southery winds shifting
northwesterly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
caI1ED From Bosroy TO BRooKLry

BosToS March y (spceiaD The Rev. DIR. Meredith,
OF the Union congregational Church of Boston, has de-
cided accept the call To the Tompkns Avenue ConsTe
gatonal Church. of Brooklyn close OF his sermon
to-day Dr. Meredith said that he expected " remain Ia
his present pastOrate Tor seven months yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
rrMrrRANcE PEOPLE nEYOrNy


The following OF Of resolutions passed
yesterday BY the Manhattan Temperance Association ut
it, regular weekly meeting IN Masonic Hal:
Whereas Abram :. Hewitt Mayor and The Board Of Etco
city united IN recommendation that the Icgsat
winch amend the EK
law permit the legal sale OF Intoxicating drinks
sunday, therefore.
Of religious OF
hereby enteTs the enphtc protest
such and voices Tho demand O law abiding
that Legislature sha pass no law unlocking the
thrown about the Observance OF the sabbath
That the Mayor and Board Of Excise dosery
emphatic rebukc AT tho hands OF Chris
for entertaining and endcavorng
enactment OF such law.
EssoIred That The citizens who hnd the
laws country ended preserve the moral we'll
Oi the
fully nrmy reminded that they at perfect liberty To
seek that license which they VIII never hnd
corded To them In thrisiian America
HIsOIrsd That the plea of pOice officials represented
by that - impossible To enforce the present
the opening Of ar nk dens Sunday II either
leglslaOn a would enable them 10 per their
duty which should call from the Mayor instead OF
that the laws be modified the most emphatic
Iebukc.
Resoced neither the Police Commissioners the Mayor
breaking licensees being judges interpreters
of the law This hereby demands that Mayor Hewitt
shall exerc-. power vested In him by the city
charter compel the police Ia close dram -hOp sun
failure refusal tho
punished By their prompt removal from positions they
their unhtness To NIL fang refusing
I'm ms regard Mayor will lay himself open
charge gully collision with te Undertaking trahc hose
criminal dsoyaity hagranty and continuously dis
played.
There was considerable spccchmaking in favor OF the
resolutions. Among those who spobo were President
Church Of the Disciples. the Rev Dr H. Funk. and ".
Jennings DCuOrtaL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
The Eleventh Ward
BOYS' LODGING HOUSE.

The opening Boys Lodging House OF the Chill.
drens Aid Society OF Avenue and sth,. opposite
Tompkns square will takc place on MONDAY EVENING.
March 2s at O'Clock.
Addresses will be delivered by Rev John Hall, d. d..
Hooper c. Van Worst Davis George C. Barrett c. L.
Brace and ID. Wills James.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28

HARRI WLhES 10 Ihi TO BE1T MS hECOhD
San Francisco. March 27.The owners OF the trotter
Harry wilkes announced last night that Oliver X. had
been incapacated from starting In the saturday
next Harry wilkes would beat his record Of
2li at the Bay District course, this CITY, on that dag
iur IL, 600.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
ORBIT OF THE COMET OF 1886.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR o. c. Wendell, OF the Harvard College Observa-
tory, has computed from long intervals the following
elements OF the of 1886 discovered by Barnard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28

HAINES-HAYDN-At the Presbyterian Church, Cleve-
land OHIO. fhlrsdly. March "a 1887. b. The Rev. Dr
n q. Haydn, Edward Wilder Haines and Elisabeth Colt
Haydn daughter the officiating clergyman. both Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
At the American Art Galleries.

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Exhibition OF Photographs
Under the auspices
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Carriage free In New York and Brooklyn.
The Eleventh Ward
BOYS LODGING HOUSE.
The opening of the Boys Lodging House OF the Chill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28

Al notices Of marriages must be iaiorsoi eh fi1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
LANDING TIE scoTITS PASSENGERS.

BITTER COMPLAINTS By TIE IMMIGRANTS OF THE
FARE AND TREATMENT on THE VOYAGE
There was a scene at Castle Garden yesterday after
noon after the arrival there OF 53i Italians from the
stranded steamship Scotia As soon as they were landed
from the barge John Haggerty which had been towed
from Fire Island by the wrecking conpany's tug
Rescue, they were assembled inside OF the
Gar len aud by direction OF the Commission
ers II Emigration. ration OF bread, sInsages
and beer was served to each The cor TO give them the
food in an orderly found to be too slow
process The half famshcd immigrants pressed forward
eagerly and finally It found best to toss the quarter
oayes to them and let them scramble for them the sau-
sages being given out aerward II was long time be-
fore all were rllcd
All Of the Italians brought TO tho city by water
except seventy VINO camc,y rail. Great dissatisfaction
with their treatment shpbonrl Xpressed by those
ao complained Of the treatment to which the Storage
passengers we're subjected on the voyage lie said
bad and there Ite OF H. ono loaf OF bread ind
receive, twice. and II uunt to eat Dot three
aaS s "a. lice OF bTea one ay men We're
orderei down into tho holt and shovel coat ono Of
them refused the officers hfst him some
hing Ia eat 1hcreupon 10 was roughly handled
that on leaving the scotia Saturday parents were
separated from their children when they could ~ well
have been sent al together some Er, rom iourrch
10 seventeen years old thus left behind Fortunate
Zerraro told a similar story. ,
women and children. arrived IN Patchosue yesterday
morning the beach where the scotia u stranded
and took the afternoon train for NewlOrk The Merritt
Wrccking Company provided the transportation with eI-
ira cars The two pa.sen whose limbs were broken
the voyage were placed In the TRAIN hhd mare as con-
Portable possible In the afternoon the Merritt wreck
ing tug lowed schooner alongside the scotia ana TOOK
of about ty tons of ireight brsk breeze s'ateu up
about o'clock and the work had Ia be abandoned tto
later The wreckers who have examined the SNIP say
she not materially damaged and can be saved without
trouble The captain and crew remain on board anu VIII
stay there until The vessel Is brought up 10 The cry cue
pounded heavily yesterday. lLo wIcckng company
force was or hand and prevented her being driven
further on the beach She lying last night and
II good weather prevails IL IS expected that she will DO
got on before tomorrow The passengers who came from
Pachogue b. rail those who had been left bchudby
the barge Haggcriy They arrived IN Long Island cry
1870 o'clock last evening. Custom House Inspector
Walker with representative OF The FaDre Line and 20
licoman Thomas Iarney OF the Third NewNork Precinct
charge the shpwrecked people. They were taken
aboard the fishing boat William Fletcher lying al tie
Long Island Railroad pier. and at o'clock last evening
were landed at Castle Garden.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
BRIGHT BITS.

JUST look at the trade dollar! 1t has limped
round remarking, 'In God we trust" and its
faith is rewarded by redemption-San fran
cisco AHd.
WHAT is a phenomenal pitcher?" asks a
contemporary. phenomenal pitcher is one
that would hold enough for two walking dele
gates--BuriiH0ton free Press.
On, you cruel, heartless little wretch to
rob those poor birds Of their eggs.
Wicked Little Boy-Ho! That's the old
mother bird that you've got on your bonnet.
Guess she won't care Forest and Stre1m.
CUsToMER-Here is your sugar back.
don't want it.
Grocer What's the matter with it?
Customer-TOO much sand for table use and
not enough for building purposes. - Teas Sift-
ings.
"TwENTY-sIX LETTERS in the alphabet
SAID young Hardup as he went through him.
self and his clothes In the vain search for a
nickel; there's only twenty-five in mine.
1here hasn't been V In 1t for year
Toledo american.
AN Illinois paper has the following: THE
funeral services of the late William 2. Lewis
were somewhat hurried TO enable mis- estim a
BILE and grief stricken widow to catch the 10
O'Clock train for Chicago, where she goes to
visit frlends.-PUck.
MAN who edited an agricultural journal
Tor fifteen years and devoted many hours to
telling farmers how to cultivate their crops
and grow rich purchased a farm and engaged
III pursuits himself a wear ago,
and last week he was sold out by the Sheriff.
-NOrrtotoo0n Herald.
MRS. JENNESs MILLER, OF dress-ref re-
noWn, VIII confer great favor on humanity
II she VIII invent pocket for a Woman's
skirt which can be found by the average hus-
band when the dress is hanging in the closet.
Gray hairs VIII turn raven again, and Mrs
Mlller's monument Will grow right out of the
ground itself.-Pucb.
"WHAT a mobile countenance Miss L. has"
said gentleman to young lady at a social
gathering the other evening.
Yes" replied the young woman with an
effort to smile, for Miss l., was her hated
rival, ''she has a very Mobile countenance
And she elevated her little pug nose as high
as she could and found an attraction at the
other side of the room.-ElD1trd G1sette.
A GLASGOW DRAPER, who was narrating
his experience during his first visit to Eng
land, said he stopped INTO an Episcopal
Church In the middle of the service just to
see what they did. II hadn't been well
seated" he said, when the minister, awa'
at the ither end. cried out: Lord preserve us
amp and then a. the folk abool nae cried Lord
preserve us alp Preserve us? says I.
Did you never see aman frae Glesga afore?' "
Scottish A mertcdn.
AT a meeting of cheesemen in New York
last week il was stated that cheese to-day il
adulterated with cotton-seed oil, lard resid-
uum, bad butter, etc., The OIL lard resId-
uum, and bad butter might be overlooked,
albeit the offense is rank, but the lovers Of
the delicacy will be apt to kick against the
''etc." That Is what they must put in Linn
burger cheese founb on lunch counters, and
which smells so loud that it wakes up the DO
liceman in the next Characterization
Herald.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
iNDEI FONEW ADVERTISEMENTS

SPECIAL NoTIcBs-Trafhc Department Cen
lsral Railroad and Banking Company OF 1eor-
Eia; Ballot Box Savannah Yacht CLUB; NO
tice, II. S. Haines, General Manager 81 r.
and W. Ry.
INSURANCE STArEMKET-Maryland Life In
Burance Company.
RosIN DIsTuLERs' AGEsrs-Longley, Gar-
lick & Co., Cincinnati, o.
ANUsEhENTs-Charles Guinness ana MISS
Arzena Almond at the Theatre.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTISEMBSTs-He
wannd: Employment Wanted; For Rent;
Eor Sale; Miscellaneous.
AUCTION sALEs-Doors, Blinds. ETC., by j.
mclaughlin & Son; Horse, Buggy, Wagon,
jEtc.. by G. II. Dorset.
HERE TO sTAY-LIndsay & Morgan.
STEAMSHIP scHEDULE-0cean Steamship
Company.
HoTEL-Hotel vendome, New York.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19

Mr.. Jay Gould is frequently quoted in
connection with the Baltimore and Ohio
deal. He is either talking a great deal
or else the reporters are pretending that
he is. He insists that he doesn't want
Mr.. CARROTS road, and declares that at
his time of life he would be foolish to in.
crease his already heavy burdens. He
says, however, that he can very well I'M
derstand why Mr.. Garrett wants to get
rid of the management OF the Baltimore
and Ohio. 1t is in his Opinion "the ten
dency OF things in this country for Que
generation to accumulate and another to
separate property. The immense wealth
and position which came to Robert Gar
rett from his father brought with it a
round Of social duties which were quite
incompatible with the close attention to
business required by great property
like the Baltimore and Ohio, and between
the two Mr.. Garrett has suffered a
diminution OF physical vigor and health
which has warned him that be must clear
away the wreckage. Both his wife and
fathsr-in-law are anxious that he should
retire from this burden"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19

From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
AT Mrs, Mullet's tea party yesterday Mrs.
Kate Chase reaDpeared in society. Mrs.
Chase is still beautiful and wonderfully fas-
clnatlns, but she mas now in measure to
rely upon art for the charms with which ma
ture originally blessed her. For this reason
this generation or administration of society
finds her disappointment. and not as beau
tiful as they had painted her. Mrs. Chase
would attract attention anywhere by her
presence and manner without her name be-
Ing known, and yesterday she held court as
she used to, a circle surrounding her all the
time. She always dressed In the most perfect
taste, and her gray faille gown, with its plush
panels hanging with passementerie balls and
pretty little gray bonnet on her hair, that
has returned TO its original chestnut brown
color, was Just subdued and artistic enough.
Mrs. Chase left her younger daughters at
school In Paris when she returned to this
country last summer to suDerintend the re-
mOval of her fathers remains, but brought
with ner her eldest daughter, Miss Ethel.
She is wonderfully pretty girl of 10 years,
and ls said to be quite what her mother was
at that age. She is quick and vivacious in
conversation graceful, easy, and tul of tact,
and very accomplished in music and the
languages. Mrs. Chase and her daughters
have dropped the Sprague name entirely, and
Ethel Chase, as she is called. is another
asplrant for the stage She has dram attic
gilt. and 1t IS her ambition to perfect herself
IN the art and make DEBUT IN this country.
The want OF money is her reason for going on
the stage. Mrs. Chase has only narrow in
come now, and the education of her daughters
has straitened her. Miss Ethel talks very
plainly to the family friends who try to dis
suade her, and says that she feels obliged to
help the family, and can make more money
IN that way than in any other,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
The w aste of Tobacco.
Bv Burdetts.


"You have been a smoker all your lifeP"
asked the colporteur. 'Oh. yes,' said the
traveller with the square sample cases, sever
since L was 10 years DID," And 80 you have
smoked say" About forty years" re-
piled the traveller. "And your cigars cost
you, on the straight average, not less than
Toe. day?" "Why, of course not" said the
traveller, looking surprised. The colporteur
made rapid calculation on the back of an en-
velope. "Then," he said, ''see what tobacco
has cost you. Without computing the interest
1T has cost you nearly sl,500; enough with it's
interest to buy lot and build and furnish
q home worth ten times that
sum. See what tobacco has cost your" Eyes,
/ know" said the traveller, rising to leave the
car as the train stopped, but see what it's
made for me. / Travelled for the tobacco
house I'm with now for ten years, at SO, 500 a
year, then / bought into the concern In a
good year, have cleaned up about $4,000
since I've been partner and own house
that wouldn't sell for $40. 900 and am max
ing more money this year than ever saw in
one year before. Tobacco is pretty expen-
sive luxury though, II you happen to get on
the wrong side of the market" So saying
he went uptown and skinned a couple Of
good customers, while the cOlporLeur, riding
on his way, looked at the figures or the en-
velone and Illuminated and ruminated and
ruminated.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19

Something About Chatham County
1t is safe to say that there are very few
people who know much about Chatham
county, it's size, the character of its lands,
the extent of its improvements or it's ca
pacity for development. These few are
almost wholly composed of the owners OF
large tracts of the cOunty's lands, the
surveyors and some of the county officials
whose duties require them to visit differ.
ent parts OF the county.
The county Is twenty-eight miles long
and fifteen miles wide, and contains 400
square miles. 1t is probable that many
of those who have lived all OF their lives
in this city are under the impression that
with the exception OF the bluff upon
which Savannah is built, and the subur-
ban resorts OF Thunderbolt, Isle Of Hope
and White Bluff, the county is nothing
but swamps ana marsh, and that all that
is worth seeing In it is to be seen
from the TOUR principal roads which lead
from the city. This is a wrong impress
sion. Those who have Travelled over the
county, or have strayed from the main
highways into the many side roads, know
that it contains great amount of gently
unaulating land and fine pine forests, in
which there are only occasional swamps,
into which flows the drainage of large
areas of high and fertile country.
These swamps, Of course, detract a
great deal from the desirab leness OF the
adjacent lands, but the time is not far
distant when they will be quite thoroughly
drained. The work OF draining them is
going on all the time, canals are being
cut through them, and the water Will be
carried off as fast as 1t flows into them.
The land about them will thus be render
ed healthy. There is, however, great
deal of unoccupied land in the county
away from the swamps which is fertile
and healthy, and could be readily turned
into productive farms at a comparatively
small expense.